Prior to the 1990s there was a wide cooperation between pioneer and similar movements of about 30 countries, coordinated by the international organization, International Committee of Children's and Adolescents ' Movements (, CIMEA ), founded in 1958, with headquarters in Budapest.

Prior to 1915, purchasing associations had formed in at least 10 major cities in the country, including one of the earliest and most active groups in Buffalo, NY, founded in 1904, and the New York Association, formed in 1913, which eventually became the nucleus of the national organization.

Prior to the start of the 2007 – 08 season, the Blue Jackets organization brought a hand-made replica 1857 Napoleon cannon into Nationwide Arena.

Prior to the mid-1970s, most international conventions concerning maritime trade and commerce originated in a private organization of maritime lawyers known as the Comité Maritime International ( International Maritime Committee or CMI ).

Prior to this, the European medieval organization of political authority was based on a vaguely hierarchical religious order.

Prior to the revolution, the Bolshevik doctrine of democratic centralism argued that only a tightly knit and secretive organization could successfully overthrow the government ; after the revolution, they argued that only such an organization could prevail against foreign and domestic enemies.

Prior to founding the Bujinkan organization and teaching the nine Ryū collectively ( with particular yearly focus ), Hatsumi awarded his students rank certificates in individual Ryū.

Prior to incorporation, Bella Vista was " governed " by its Property Owners Association, a private organization performing all the normal functions of a local government.

Prior to the organization of Madison County, William Conner entered the land upon which Anderson is located.

Prior to organization in 1878, this area was known as Creswell, after a local post office.

Prior to joining, Casel spent four years studying performance and cultural organization in Dakar, Senegal.

Prior to the 1996 merger, NTH, AVH, DMF, and VM together constituted the University of Trondheim ( UNiT ), which was a much looser organization.

Prior to publication, Ferlinghetti had asked, and received, assurance from the American Civil Liberties Union that the organization would defend him, should he be prosecuted for obscenity.

Prior to 1889, Confederate veterans had no national organization similar to the Grand Army of the Republic.

Prior to the visit by the American table tennis players, eleven Americans were admitted into the PRC for one week because they all professed affiliation with the international Black Panther Party and China viewed the international organization as an organization fighting for human equality.

This new order grew in population over the ensuing decades, during which the Duke of Manchester was in 1861 recruited as Grand Prior and a national hospitaller organization was formed when the Order of St. John formed a corps of ambulances.

He, along with the four or five other Great Officers — the Lord Prior of St John, who acts as the lieutenant of and deputy to the Grand Prior ; the Prelate, a member of episcopal rank in the Church of England ; the Deputy Lord Prior or Priors, depending on the Grand Prior's needs, who act accordingly as lieutenants and deputies to the Lord Prior ; and the Sub-Prelate, who has interests in the commanderies and associations of the organization — as well as the Priors and Chancellors of each of the order's eight priories and the Hospitaller make up the Grand Council.

Prior to the launch of Apple's Mac App Store, GarageBand was only available as a part of iLife, a suite of applications ( also including iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and iWeb ) intended to simplify the creation and organization of digital content.

Prior to the order, the City Health Inspector had cited the organization for distributing food without a license.

Prior to the 1982 Alberta election, Raymond Speaker and Walt Buck left the Alberta Social Credit Party and ran as Independents due to a collapse of their party and problems with organization and leadership.

Prior to the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, an earlier configuration of the current circuit was used for both the 1953 and 1956 Australian Grands Prix.

Prior to its expansion under Philip II, the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, to which the modern region owes its name, lay entirely within the current Greek province of Macedonia.

Prior to 1973, Conservative Judaism had more limited roles for women and was more similar to current Modern Orthodoxy, with changes on issues including mixed seating, synagogue corporate leadership, and permitting women to be called to the Torah.

Prior to then, Essendon had ( and still have ) one of the worst records amongst current AFL clubs against Geelong in recent times, having only beaten the Cats once since 2003.

Prior to the completion of the current Air France head office in Tremblay-en-France in December 1995, Air France was headquartered in a tower located next to the Gare Montparnasse rail station in Montparnasse and in the 15th arrondissement ; Air France had its headquarters in the tower for about 30 years.

Prior to 1877, the name was spelled Frederiksstad, then from 1877 – 1888 it was written as Fredriksstad, and finally since 1889 it has been spelled in its current form: Fredrikstad.

Prior to Hippocrates, epidemios, epidemeo, epidamos and other variants had meanings similar to the current definitions of " indigenous " or " endemic ".

Prior to its current location in Crown Point, Indiana, the county seat was located on what is now the west end of Lake Station in a section called Liverpool.

Horses baling straw circa 1900. The Dakota nation ceded land in 1851 and many relocated to Chief Shakopee's village — the current Shakopee-Mdewakanton Indian Reservation in nearby Prior Lake.

Prior to the current name of Waldorf, it was known as Plum Valley.

Prior to the construction of the current chapel, Roman Catholic services were held in the ice house at Lakeview House.

Prior to implementing ISO 14001, an initial review or gap analysis of the organisation ’ s processes and products is recommended, to assist in identifying all elements of the current operation and if possible future operations, that may interact with the environment, termed environmental aspects ( Martin 1998 ).

For the Spring 2011 tour, the line-up consisted of Prior ( vocals ), Rick Kemp ( bass, vocals ), Peter Knight ( violin, piano, vocals ), Pete Zorn ( guitar ), Julian Littman ( guitar ) and Liam Genockey ( drums and percussion ), and draws on past and current Steeleye Span repertoire.

Prior to the moving to its current headquarters in 2002, Burger King had considered moving away from the Miami area ; Miami-Dade County politicians and leaders lobbied against this, and Burger King stayed.

Prior to the construction of the current complex, the UN was headquartered at a temporary location at the Sperry Gyroscope Corporation's offices in Lake Success, New York, an eastern suburb of the city in Nassau County on Long Island, from 1946 – 1952.

Prior to the adoption of the rules by the United States House of Representatives, the House operates under general parliamentary rules and Jefferson's Manual but these are not binding on the current House until they are approved by the membership of the current Congress.

Prior to the adoption of the current coat of arms, the trees were used, without the lion, as the symbol of the province.

Prior to 1970, when the current taxonomic divisions for North American black widows were set forth by Kaston, all three varieties were classified as a single species, L. mactans.

Prior to a cultural change initiative, a needs assessment is needed to identify and understand the current organizational culture.

Prior to this time, power tools were metal castings that often conducted electrical sparks or current into the user as well as being very heavy.

Prior to the 2009 NASL split several other cities had been mentioned as being locations where future USL-1 franchises might be launched, including St. Louis, Missouri ( led by the current PDL franchise St. Louis Lions ), Orlando, Florida ( with Mexican side Pachuca being rumored as connected to it ), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Hamilton, Ontario, San Antonio, Texas and Ottawa, Ontario.

Prior to the erection of the bridge, the road south of the town center was east of its current location, leading along Ferry Road to a ferry landing, which connected the town to Newburyport.

Prior to that, the airport was located approximately one-half mile southwest of its current location at the site where a Best Buy is now located.

Prior to 2003, the Legislative Council comprised 44 members from 22 two-member provinces until a 2001 constitutional committee recommended the council be re-organised to the current system.